Of course, she never meant to blurt out a proposal like that, well, honestly Abigail hadn’t meant to propose at all. She was perfectly content to spend her days as a spinster firmly on the shelf as they said in London. But Scotland has different rules altogether and when she’s betrothed to the notorious Black Lord of Scotland as a girl too young to understand, she takes it as a blessing as she gets older and still receives no word from him.

That all changes after her father’s death leaves her all alone in the world, with the exception of her dastardly uncle. Thick in gambling debts he concocts a scheme to offer her hand in marriage to an equally despicable man in exchange for forgiveness of the money he owes. Upon learning of this, Abigail decides to take her life into her own hands and make good on the marriage arranged between her and Aryen MacCalium aka the Black Lord. She soon discovers that his reputation doesn’t live up to the man he really is but that doesn’t mean her heart is safe, actually, just the opposite.

Kidnapped by the Highland Warrior Meridith Trelarran knew she was not the grand, poised, polite lady everyone thought she should be. She loved hunting, and nature, and abhorred more lady-like activities like watercolor or sewing. In fact, the last time she had tried to embroider anything she had ended up sewing the piece she had been working on to Madam Kashtan's brand new silk gown. Needless to say, Meridith was no longer invited to the sewing circles.

Years passed and at twenty-two she had begun to give up on the prospect of marriage, sure that no one could ever love her for who she really was. After all, who would want to marry a girl who could out ride and out shoot them with a bow.

Charles Thatcher is an ex-knight who fled Britain in disgrace, seeking peace. The last thing he needs is an adventurous lass ruining his solitude but there is something about Meridith that he can’t ignore and as he has no other choice than to find a bride, and quick, he does the last thing he wants, proposes.

Opposites attract, and these two set off fireworks when they clash. Now, they just have to keep from destroying themselves before they can realize that they are exactly what the other needs.

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